Origin Plant · Compositae (Asteraceae) · Simple
Habitat commonly called "seeds"
ClarkePreparation Tincture.
Sources 18 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose
3X
Third attenuation. For nervous irritable children, thirtieth and two-hundredth preferable. Santonin in first (with care) and third trituration.
Reason for useBoericke
This is a children's remedy,-big, fat, rosy, scrofulous, corresponding to many conditions that may be referred to intestinal irritation, such as worms and accompanying complaints. An irritability of temper, variable appetite, grinding of teeth, and even convulsions, with screams and violent jerkings of the hands and feet, are all within its range of action. The Cina patient is hungry, cross, ugly, and wants to be rocked. Pain in shocks. Skin sensitive to touch.
▲ Worse looking fixedly at an object, from worms, at night, in sun, in summer
By regionBoericke
Mind Ill-humor. Child very cross; does not want to be touched, or crossed, or carried. Desires many things, but rejects everything offered. …
Head Headache, alternating with pain in abdomen. Relieved by stooping (Mezer). Pain in head when using eyes.
Eyes Dilated pupils; yellow vision. Weak sight from masturbation. Strabismus from abdominal irritation. Eyestrain, especially when presbyopia sets in. …
Stomach Gets hungry soon after a meal. Hungry, digging, gnawing sensation. Epigastric pain; worse, first waking in morning and before meals. …
Female Uterine haemorrhage before puberty.
Respiratory Gagging cough in the morning. Whooping-cough. Violent recurring paroxysms, as of down in throat. Cough ends in a spasm. …
Extremities Twitching and jerking distortion of limbs, trembling. Paralyzed shocks; patient will jump suddenly, as though in pain. …
Sleep Child gets on hands and knees in sleep; on abdomen. Night terrors of children; cries out, screams, wakes frightened. Troubles while yawning. …
Fever Light chill. Much fever, associated with clean tongue. Much hunger; colicky pains; chilliness, with thirst. Cold sweat on forehead, nose, and hands. …
Books*
Antidoted by Cinchona Officinalis 3, Camphora 2, Capsicum Annuum 2 +5
Complementary Ferrum
Follows well Antimonium Tartaricum, Calcarea Phosphorica, Drosera Rotundifolia
Compare Antimonium Crudum, Antimonium Tartaricum, Chamomilla +35
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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